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December 1, 1983Political Psychology1,182 citations

Narrative Truth and Historical Truth: Meaning and Interpretation in Psychoanalysis

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BMBruce McKeownDSDonald P. Spence

Key Points

  • To explore the interplay between narrative truth and historical truth within the context of psychoanalysis.
  • Critical analysis of Donald Spence's arguments in 'Meaning and Interpretation in Psychoanalysis'
  • Evaluation of how narrative and historical truths inform clinical practice and theory.
  • Highlights radical critiques of traditional psychoanalytic assumptions.
  • Suggests that both narrative and historical truths play crucial roles in understanding patient experiences.

Abstract

Donald Spence's book, Meaning and Interpretation in Psychoanalysis, is so disturbing and so revolutionary, in the sense of essaying so radical and fundamental a critique of our most central clinical and theoretical operating assumptions.

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McKeown et al. (1983) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a12b288b8b0b51fb9a419e2https://doi.org/10.2307/3791071
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